Caught my eye too because my son lives in Glendora.
My son is 24 and yes he does drive up the 101, and all L A freeways, that is why I mentioned it. He called me the other day from the 101 and asked me which way to Pepperdine University in Malibu area. He was just out for a drive. He takes dates out on the 101. He loves Laguna Beach area too. During spring break he stayed out there and drove all over LA, they went to TV show tapings, like Deal or No Deal.
Yes, Irvine seems pretty safe. We just moved back to Texas from Los Angeles last year and he stayed out there to go to Concordia Lutheran U. We have lived in LA 4 times so far. We lived in San Marino, Pasadena, Claremont, Rancho Cucamonga and now he is in Irvine. But I worry no matter what because he is our youngest, our baby! Moms are like that.
I know where we were last time (Rancho Cucamonga) it was best to stay out of Riverside and San Bernardino. And when we lived in San Marino it was best to stay out of East L A although when we lived in Claremont, that was east of L A and it is a beautiful sleepy little college town, just lovely so green and gorgeous! So green and relaxing, still looks like small town USA.
But, yes, Mike is out on the 101 and ALL Los Angeles freeways ALL the time. Our church is in Arcadia and he went there from Irvine for Easter services in Wilderness Park. Then he drove over to San Marino to show friends our old house on Oak Knoll. Then they spent the day in Pasadena, he called me and asked me that day “Where is Avanti Pizza?” and “what is there to do all day in Pasadena” He wanted suggestions.
He called me last semester and said “I am on the 10, I just passed WHITE Avenue, am I close to Claremont?”
Good thing for him I know L A like the back of my hand. Too bad he doesn’t carry a map or check his route before he leaves home. I am getting him a Tom TOm GPS for his birthday.
We live in Houston, well, south of Houston, so we are still in a large city. But L A is like 12 Houstons. The traffic here is so much LESS than in L A. Because we always add new lanes and roads and highways all the time here. The only drawback, constant construction. Houston is a boom town and it is growing like CRAZY, as other states and cities shrink.
Houston, Dallas, & Austin were all on the list of top ten cities that are growing fastest in population in USA> And we don’t need more people. LOL We have too many already!